Johnny Karras

Johnny Karras
	Karras, circa 1950
No. 44
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	January 29, 1928; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died:	November 6, 2008 (aged 80); Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:	Summit (IL) Argo
College:	Illinois
NFL draft:	1952 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16
Career history
	Chicago Cardinals (1952);
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus All-American (1951); Third-team All-American (1949); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1949, 1951); Second-team All-Big Ten (1950);
	Player stats at PFR

John J. "Argo Express" Karras (January 29, 1928 – November 6, 2008) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League.^[1] He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the second round of the 1952 NFL Draft. Karras had previously played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and attended Argo Community High School in Summit, Illinois. He was a Consensus All-American in 1951.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ "Johnny Karras". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
^ "JOHNNY KARRAS". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
^ Neil, Herb (October 31, 1951). "Johnny Karras Sparks..." The Michigan Daily. Retrieved August 19, 2014.